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Gun Control & RKBA

SteveW

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1. Lots of ethnic animose as well...

Reply to TupperHappy (Original post)

Mon Jan 16, 2012, 05:40 PM

Jan 2012

Anti-Italian sentiment was high during this time, and extended to the advocacy of line-item prohibition of Italians owning guns, even for hunting purposes.

NYC's gun laws stem from an attempt by some gangs to monopolize violence. That didn't happen, but the law-abiding were disarmed.

Tertiary syphilis? The downfall of Capone and Henry VIII.

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The strange birth of NY�s gun laws [View all] TupperHappy Jan 2012 OP

Lots of ethnic animose as well... SteveW Jan 2012 #1

I found the part about the gangsters complaining to Tammany fascinating... spin Jan 2012 #2